PT MED EMERGENCIES AND SPORTS INJURY ACUTE
CARE EXAM 2025
emergency medical responder levels - Precise Answer ✔✔1.
First aid/cpr/aed
2. emergency medical responder
3. EMT and AEMT (can administer certain drugs (nitroglycerin,
glucose, epinephrine, albuterol... prepare patients for transfer)
4. paramedic (endotrachial intubation, EKGs, IV lines,
administer emergency medications)
FIrst aid/cpr/aed versus Certified emergency responder - Precise
Answer ✔✔-BOTH deal with CPR, bleeding, wounds, shock,
choking, cold/heat injuries, AED, poisoning
-EMR: fracture management, MSK injuries, head injuries, SCI,
oxygen administration, airway insertion and suction, child birth,
mass casualty incident
-5 hours versus 51 hours
,autonomic dysreflexia - Precise Answer ✔✔-over-reaction of the
SNS due to overstimulation
-seen in patient with complete SCI
-symptoms: sudden flushed sensation
-Signs: bradycardia/tachycardia, increased BP, sweating,
flushing of skin, anxiety/fear/stress
-Treatment includes elevating patient's head/torso to allow for
venous pooling to lower cardiac output. it will also reduce the
risk of cerebral hemorrhage/seizures
-Possible reasons for this condition may be bladder distension,
bowel impaction, swollen lower extremity, ingrown toenail...
make sure you check catheter
Cauda Equina Syndrome - Precise Answer ✔✔Signs:
-decreased/absent sensation in peri-rectal region
-bladder dysfunction... can't feel the flow of urine
-lack of voluntary contraction of anal sphincter
-rapid increase in weakness
-hypertonic reflexes
-if sudden onset, may be neurosurgical emergency
, Loss of bowel/bladder control is a medical emergency in PT if...
- Precise Answer ✔✔-frequent incontinence in small amounts
-lack of sensation when urinating
-difficulty emptying bladder
-incontinence in large amounts
-sexual dysfunction
screening for DVT/Wells criteria - Precise Answer ✔✔3 or more
of the following:
-active CA
-paralysis, paresis, or recent plaster immobilization of LE
-recently bedridden > 3 days or major surgery within 4 weeks
-localized tenderness along distribution of the deep venous
system
-entire LE swelling
-calf swelling by >3cm compared with asymptomatic LE
-pitting edema
-collateral superficial veins
seizures - Precise Answer ✔✔-disorder in brain's electrical
activity
CARE EXAM 2025
emergency medical responder levels - Precise Answer ✔✔1.
First aid/cpr/aed
2. emergency medical responder
3. EMT and AEMT (can administer certain drugs (nitroglycerin,
glucose, epinephrine, albuterol... prepare patients for transfer)
4. paramedic (endotrachial intubation, EKGs, IV lines,
administer emergency medications)
FIrst aid/cpr/aed versus Certified emergency responder - Precise
Answer ✔✔-BOTH deal with CPR, bleeding, wounds, shock,
choking, cold/heat injuries, AED, poisoning
-EMR: fracture management, MSK injuries, head injuries, SCI,
oxygen administration, airway insertion and suction, child birth,
mass casualty incident
-5 hours versus 51 hours
,autonomic dysreflexia - Precise Answer ✔✔-over-reaction of the
SNS due to overstimulation
-seen in patient with complete SCI
-symptoms: sudden flushed sensation
-Signs: bradycardia/tachycardia, increased BP, sweating,
flushing of skin, anxiety/fear/stress
-Treatment includes elevating patient's head/torso to allow for
venous pooling to lower cardiac output. it will also reduce the
risk of cerebral hemorrhage/seizures
-Possible reasons for this condition may be bladder distension,
bowel impaction, swollen lower extremity, ingrown toenail...
make sure you check catheter
Cauda Equina Syndrome - Precise Answer ✔✔Signs:
-decreased/absent sensation in peri-rectal region
-bladder dysfunction... can't feel the flow of urine
-lack of voluntary contraction of anal sphincter
-rapid increase in weakness
-hypertonic reflexes
-if sudden onset, may be neurosurgical emergency
, Loss of bowel/bladder control is a medical emergency in PT if...
- Precise Answer ✔✔-frequent incontinence in small amounts
-lack of sensation when urinating
-difficulty emptying bladder
-incontinence in large amounts
-sexual dysfunction
screening for DVT/Wells criteria - Precise Answer ✔✔3 or more
of the following:
-active CA
-paralysis, paresis, or recent plaster immobilization of LE
-recently bedridden > 3 days or major surgery within 4 weeks
-localized tenderness along distribution of the deep venous
system
-entire LE swelling
-calf swelling by >3cm compared with asymptomatic LE
-pitting edema
-collateral superficial veins
seizures - Precise Answer ✔✔-disorder in brain's electrical
activity
